For many DJs, one of the best Pioneer DJ controllers and a laptop at home is more practical and affordable than a full pro CDJ and mixer set-up ... if you want to play music in public rather ...

New Jersey’s DJ Juice, a hip-hop mixtape pioneer, has died ... to his house and spend an entire evening watching him scratch, mix and do all kinds of mind-bending tricks on the turntables ...

and the main mix CD or mixtape that you would hear at everybody's house parties was DJ Funk. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) UNIDENTIFIED MUSICAL ARTIST: Five, six, seven. Kick it. MARTHA WASH: (Singing ...

The Chicago house music scene is mourning the loss an iconic figure. Charles "DJ Funk" Chambers died earlier this week. He was a pioneer in the unique Chicago music style Ghetto House.